ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 757

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 17 of Chapter 860 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1914, as codified in the Anno-
tated Code of Public General Laws as Article 101 thereof,
title "Workmen's Compensation," sub-title "State Accident
Fund," as said section was re-enacted by Chapter 597 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1916, be, and the
said section is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
so as to read as follows:

Section 17. For the purpose of creating such State Accident
Fund each employer insured in this Fund or required to be
insured therein by this Article shall pay into the State Treas-
ury the premiums of liability based upon and being such per-
centage of the pay roll of such employer, as may have been
determined and published by the Commission and be then in
effect. The premiums shall be paid every four months, and
shall be the prescribed percentage of the total wages paid to all
employees subject to the Article for such preceding four
months' period; provided however, that in order to create a fund
available upon the application of this Article as aforesaid on
November first, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the
payments for the months of November, one thousand nine hun-
dred and fourteen, to February, inclusive, one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen, shall be made on or before November first,
one thousand nine hundred and fourteen and be preliminarily
based upon the pay roll of the operations of the first four
months of the year one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
If any employer be found to have overpaid for such four
months he may deduct such overpayment from the next suc-
ceeding four months' payment made to the fund; if any em-
ployer be found to have underpaid for such four months, he
shall pay the deficiency with the payment made by him after
the end of said four months.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That this Act shall take effect from June 1st,
1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 322.

AN ACT to add a new section relating to copies of testimony
or evidence taken by stenographers of the Public Service